THE ANATOMY LESSON AND OTHER STORIES (214 pp.)Evan S. Connell Jr.
Viking ($3.50).
Opening a collection of short stories by a new writer is often like dipping into a sample box of chocolates : the unwary are apt to be brought down by a surfeit of soft centers or too many brandied cherries. In this book there is no such hazard. Its eleven stories are all rock-hard and novel in flavor.
Author Connells most frequent theme is the failure of human beings to communicate with one another. In the title story, a dusty professor in...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
